Frederick m



(No Model.)

F. IVI-. TURG-K. BAG 0R PoUoH.

Patented Feb'. 7, 1893.

H. ma@ Vc m.

A TTOHNE Y S.

TH: norms sirens mo'ioumm wAsNmnToN. t:A c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Y FREDERICK M. TURCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAG OR POUCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,148, dated February7, 1893.

Application flied Marat 21, 1892.

To all whom t may con/cerrar Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. TURCK,

of New York city, in the county and State of tion.

My invention relates to an improvement in bags or pouches adapted. tocontain merchandise and also adapted to pass through the mail, and theobject of the invention is to provide a means of attaching the iiap tothe body of the bag which will be simple, durable, economic and capableof expeditious and convenient manipulation, and which also when properengagement is made between the Ilocking device and the iiap will holdthe latter securely and positively7 in a closed position.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag having the invention appliedthereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through a bag, taken practicallyon the line 2- 2 of Fig. 1, the flap being illustrated as just engagedwith the locking v device,` the said sectional view being very muchenlarged; Fig. 3 is au enlarged sectional view taken on the sameline asFig. 2, but the locking device is illustrated in conjunction with theiiap in its locked position; Fig. 4 is a partial rear elevation of abag, illustrating a slight modification in the construction of thelocking mechanism, the flap being illustrated as simply in engagementwith the locking mechanism; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section takenpractically on the line 5-5 of Fig. et, showing the liap locked by thelocking device.

A flexible or pliable strip 10, is attached to the back of the bag orpouch A, adjacent to the mouth thereof. This flexible or pliable stripmay consist of tin, or any suitable material, and the strip may beprovided with a covering l1, of paper, fabric, or an equivalentsubstance. The upper end of the iiexi- Serial No. 426,752. (No model.)

ble or pliable strip is secured to the body of the bag either by meansof cement, rivets, eyelets, Wire stitch or through the medium of a strap12 as illustrated. In fact, the attachment between the bag and the upperportion of the strip 10, may be accomplished in any suitable or approvedmanner. The lower end of the strip 10, is bent up upon itself to form akeeper B; and when the bag or pouch is to be closed at the month, theflap A thereof is carried downward until its edge enters the keeper B,as shown in Fig. 2.

To effect a locking engagement between the keeper and the flap thekeeper and flap, while in engagement, are bent over upon themselves, asshown in Fig 3, forming thereby a double fold, and instead of the entryportion of the keeper being uppermost when the final fold is made it isin just the reverse position. It will be observed that as the strip ispliable, when the final fold is made it will be .creased in such amanner that it will not admit of the iiap being drawn from the keeperwithout the iiap becoming torn and broken; and it is evident that theflap may be locked to the body not only expeditiously but conveniently,and that the disengagement between the body and the flap may be asreadily effected as the locking engagement, it being necessary only tounlock the flap from the body to restore the'keeper to the normalposition shown in positive lines, Figs. l and 2.

In Figs. 4 and 5 a slight modification is made in which the strip 10, isnot made as long as that shown in Fig. 1, and where the strip isattached to the bag or pouch al keeper 13, is rigidly secured either tothe strip passing transversely across it, or to the body of the bag orpouch; and when this form of fastening device is employed the Iiap Afispassed down through the vkeeper 13, and the lower end of the flap, orthat portion below` the keeper, and likewise that port-ion of the stripwhich is below the keeper and is unattached to the bag or pouch, isfolded upward, as shown in Fig. 5, thus makinga quick and also apositive locking engagement between the ap and the body. n

It will be understood that the fastening device may be used upon allkinds of recep- IOO tacles for mailing purposes, or for thetransportation of merchandise, When said recep- A, having a flap A', ofthe flat flexible strip tacles are made of paper or fabric or otherpliable material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent,-

l. The combination With the bag or pouch l0 secured at its inner face tothe outer face of the back of the bag or pouch at its month and with itslower end free or disconnected from the bag or pouch to 'be folded uponitself with the free end of the flap, substantially as set forth.

